tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post5484477499298832761..comments2024-01-05T10:11:27.498+00:00Comments on Soot and Ashes: The World AFTER the Crash: Congratulations, you're the President of the United States of America, and want the recovery to start. What do you do, smartass?bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-22269436756739619152009-04-08T02:57:00.000+01:002009-04-08T02:57:00.000+01:00Banning ultra-short ETF's will have about as much ...Banning ultra-short ETF's will have about as much impact as restoring the uptick rule to a unhealthy market -- ZERO!<BR/><BR/>What makes a stock go down is lack of buyers; i.e., people smart enough to know when a crappy company's stock is overvalued.<BR/><BR/>The banking sector imploded becuase the banks are INSOLVENT...not becuase of FAZ.<BR/><BR/>Quit whining, Keith...c'mon, bro. Quit listening to that gas-bag Cramer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-18563884735139987232009-04-08T02:05:00.000+01:002009-04-08T02:05:00.000+01:00I like the referendum idea for non-emergency issue...I like the referendum idea for non-emergency issues because our representatives ignore us when we scream no bailouts, and pretty much everything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-85480934627770447852009-04-07T22:49:00.000+01:002009-04-07T22:49:00.000+01:00http://peakempire.blogspot.com/2008/05/population-...http://peakempire.blogspot.com/2008/05/population-purge.htmlmat noirhttp://peakempire.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-87121403748992833952009-04-07T21:28:00.000+01:002009-04-07T21:28:00.000+01:00Anonymous said...Ghandi's idea of passive non-viol...Anonymous said...<BR/>Ghandi's idea of passive non-violent resistance is still relevant today. We should all stop going to work and pay our bills and then we will have TRUE CHANGE.<BR/>-----------------------------<BR/><BR/>I know that it would definitely get their attention, and if millions did it, what would they do? Think about it, really, what would they do? Trash our FICO scores? bwhahahaha<BR/><BR/>It would make me proud to be an American again. It is really hard to be proud of my country these days.ApleAneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955040755611777565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-34655563281389935622009-04-07T20:49:00.000+01:002009-04-07T20:49:00.000+01:00Simple....let the next Great Depression happen. Th...Simple....let the next Great Depression happen. <BR/><BR/>The Depression is the much needed hangover after years of "partying".<BR/><BR/>Fat America needs to go on a diet.<BR/><BR/>Companies that are on the rocks NEED to fail (yes even big banks and AIG).<BR/><BR/>Only thru the pain of true economic suffering will Americans learn how to live again within their means. <BR/><BR/>In the meantime maybe we will lose weight, learn to live with less, rediscover family/friends, read more, and start walking/biking (exercise) more.<BR/><BR/>In trying to fend off the inevitable, one can only hope to divert the negative impacts in another direction. <BR/><BR/>But in the end...gravity will win. It always does.SeattleMoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-34789412278526011382009-04-07T18:56:00.000+01:002009-04-07T18:56:00.000+01:00Anonymous vanilla ice said... 1. Prison Camps ...Anonymous vanilla ice said...<BR/><BR/> 1. Prison Camps<BR/><BR/> Most importantly, dot the country with mass prison camps. Anyone suspected of trying to destroy America's economic capacity will be held awaiting trial for treason.<BR/><BR/> For instance bring the banksters, relators, Toll Brother's shareholders, builders, lying homedebtors, Home and Garden channel staff, appraisers, GW, genius homedebtors, securities bundlers, raters, Lawrence Yun, and the staff of the Federal Reserve to the camps.<BR/><BR/> 2. Restore the Gold Standard<BR/><BR/> 3. Bankrupt those dysfunctional banks. Let the ones doing well thrive in their place.<BR/><BR/> 4. Start rebuilding our bombed out cities. Rebuild the national rail system, give every city over 1 million a subway system, build a national bicycling network. Build some car free cities.<BR/><BR/> 5. Arrest Ben Bernanke<BR/><BR/> April 7, 2009 1:36 AM<<<<BR/><BR/>i like it. do to them what they intend to do to us. how appopriate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-16950840337202368402009-04-07T17:59:00.000+01:002009-04-07T17:59:00.000+01:00Blogger JaneZ said... Consumption is over 70% ...Blogger JaneZ said...<BR/><BR/> Consumption is over 70% of the U.S. economy. Ten point plans? How about a one point plan:<BR/><BR/> Stop going to work for one week. Stop shopping for one week. Stop paying your bills for one week.<BR/><BR/> At the end of the first week, martial law declared. All of America is ordered to go to work immediately by President Obama. The police are sent out door to door to force entire cities and neighborhoods to stop drinking their coffee and get to work.<BR/><BR/> At the end of the second week, the government is begging America to get back to work. Obama is even going to throw a stimulus wage increase for those who return (scabs).<BR/><BR/> At the end of the third week, the government collapses, and they stop stealing our hard earned tax dollars and giving them to the banksters. (not to fear, the government is going to collapse anyway after the banksters get done having their way with us, at least this way we can have a little pride).<BR/><BR/> The Ghandi Way. Passive Resistance. No riots, no demonstrations. We can even stay home and sing lalalalala.<BR/><BR/> Only problem is that America is so ass deep in debt that they can't afford the payments on the granite, travertine and hickory after missing just one week of work, and we all know how important it is to have those HGTV upgrades right?<BR/><BR/> So, whose fault is this whole mess anyway?<BR/><BR/> April 7, 2009 6:26 AM<BR/><BR/><BR/>JaneZ, a most brilliant idea. Being Indian, I didn't even think of it myself. Ghandi's idea of passive non-violent resistance is still relevant today. We should all stop going to work and pay our bills and then we will have TRUE CHANGE. Then those Wall Street con men will straighten up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-43530006976251175302009-04-07T16:56:00.000+01:002009-04-07T16:56:00.000+01:00Dismantle the military and announce to every Ameri...Dismantle the military and announce to every American that they are a broke bannana, third world, roasted snapper turtle country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-12278541312341350912009-04-07T16:45:00.000+01:002009-04-07T16:45:00.000+01:00"...Oops. This is Obama's plan..."Getting closer t...<I>"...Oops. This is Obama's plan..."</I><BR/><BR/>Getting closer to 100 days; the record will be appalling by then.<BR/><BR/>No thanks AT ALL to the people who never gave him a chance; all you did was provide an excuse and belabor the obvious/inevitable.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for muddying the waters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-62956151171848913832009-04-07T16:09:00.000+01:002009-04-07T16:09:00.000+01:001)Identify and reduce government waste. Allow publ...1)Identify and reduce government waste. Allow public audits of government agencies.<BR/><BR/>2)Enlarge the military.<BR/><BR/>3)Secure the borders with the military.<BR/><BR/>4)Reward domestic ethanol and biodiesel car users and manufacturers.<BR/><BR/>5)Immediately raise treasuries to 5%<BR/><BR/>6)Back all dollars with either commodities or security backed currency.<BR/><BR/>7)Enlarge freedom. Repeal property tax. Repeal gun control. Legalize Marijuana. Eliminate all ridiculous laws. Put criminals to work paying their debit to society mining metals or producing for the commodity backed dollars.<BR/><BR/>8)Give American companies that produce something and hire domestically huge rewards.<BR/><BR/>9)Reward cash payment while punishing debit with high interest secured debit that benifits the treasury and sound money creation.<BR/><BR/>10)Remove status quo and allow schools to function independently and meet the needs of their specific community.<BR/><BR/>11) Shorten government terms. Eliminate electorate college. Eliminate representation and cause all laws within the original framework to be voted on by the people. <BR/><BR/>12) Sell me the contents of the Smithsonian institution for $1Devestmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704339847524381868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-34370163025571690802009-04-07T15:29:00.000+01:002009-04-07T15:29:00.000+01:001. Implement the line item veto.2. Use it on the p...1. Implement the line item veto.<BR/><BR/>2. Use it on the porkulus stimulus packages that come out of congress.<BR/><BR/>3. Don't hire tax cheats on my cabinet, even if they are very 'good'.<BR/><BR/>4. Enforce the rule of law. People who commit fraud must face charges, from fines to bonus recapture to jail time.<BR/><BR/>5. Use this enforcement of the rule of law to boost the confidence of our financial system.<BR/><BR/>6. Allow capital losses to offset income tax by 100%, not $3000 per year as has been the case for a long time now.<BR/><BR/>7. Push congress to simpify the tax code. No mortgage deduction. No AMT. No taxing ex-pats.<BR/><BR/>8. 30% wage cut on any govt worker making more than $100K per year. 20% cut on any worker making over $50k per year. 10% on the rest. This applies to pensions as well. Restrain spending at the gov't level.<BR/><BR/>9. Reduce the tax rate on interest income to promote savings.<BR/><BR/>10. Build gov't programs to focus on worker productivity increases the way the New Zealand gov't is doing.<BR/><BR/>11. Bonus- work to preserve the purchasing power of the US dollar. Take steps to marginalize, then eliminate the Federal Reserve.Mike Huntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-38136726536719909822009-04-07T15:25:00.000+01:002009-04-07T15:25:00.000+01:001) 4% 40-year fixed rate mortgages *** All consume...1) 4% 40-year fixed rate mortgages <BR/><BR/>*** All consumers needs help. If they want consumer spending to increase then they need to throw us all a bone.<BR/><BR/>2) Pull US troops out of every nation on earth and close down every foreign military base by 2015 (UPDATE - IRAQ WITHDRAWAL COMING)<BR/><BR/>*** Agreed.<BR/><BR/>3) Eliminate market to market accounting and restore the uptick rule (UPDATE - M2M CHANGED, UPTICK NEXT)<BR/><BR/>*** Two VERY bad moves. Keith I am very dissapointed.<BR/><BR/>4) Ban SKF and all ultra-short stock ETFs (UPDATE - NO PROGRESS)<BR/><BR/>*** Third bad move. Keith, you are losing me.<BR/><BR/>5) Nationalization of Citibank and Bank of America, which will then be used for direct lending by the government <BR/><BR/>*** FORTH bad move. Keith, did you read what you wrote? "Governmanet nationalization of private bank in order to loan to the government"?? Cut out the middle man.<BR/><BR/>6) Forced merger and pre-packaged bankruptcy of Ford, Chrysler and GM into one single private, non-union and debt-free national car company (UPDATE - GM AND CHRYSLER BANKRUPTCIES ON THE WAY)<BR/><BR/>*** FITH bad move? Remember the Yugo?? Jeez, Keith you got to come home. Too much socialjizm in the water over there.... Beside, if you kill the unins, you just make more foreclosures. <BR/><BR/>7) $100,000 maximum IRA <BR/><BR/>*** Boy you ARE stupid. No sane person will sink thier money into the stoack market if Mark-to-Market is killed. <BR/><BR/>8) 0% cap gains tax 2009 and 2010 <BR/><BR/>*** The only gains were in the shorts, but you want to end that.<BR/><BR/>9) $1 trillion five year green energy, infrastructure and transportation Manhattan project stimulus (UPDATE - BLOWING TONS OF CASH, NOT ENOUGH ON GREEN ENERGY)<BR/><BR/>*** Crony-capitalism that is all. I'm sure Al Gore has a start up just ready.<BR/><BR/>10) Raise Social Security retirement age to 72 effective 2015<BR/><BR/>*** Baby Boomers, The Scourge of the Earth will never agree. They run this shit now, bitch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-48641440520133504482009-04-07T14:24:00.000+01:002009-04-07T14:24:00.000+01:00SKF is for amateurs.FAZ could give you a ten bagge...<I>SKF is for amateurs.<BR/><BR/>FAZ could give you a ten bagger if the dice roll good.</I><BR/><BR/>I like the way you think. And Meridith Whitney was just bashing the banks again (deservedly). FAZ to the moon!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-77248292725695029442009-04-07T12:01:00.000+01:002009-04-07T12:01:00.000+01:00Repeal the Corporations act so that forming a corp...Repeal the Corporations act so that forming a corporation becomes illegal. <BR/><BR/>Create member-only banks. The depositors are the ones holding the shares and decide who will be the directors and so on. <BR/><BR/>Businesses must be run on a co-operative system. Only the employees and the customers are allowed to buy shares. <BR/><BR/>End the Federal Reserve<BR/><BR/>Close the Electorate College. <BR/><BR/>Have a one-person one-vote system. <BR/><BR/>End representative democracy and have direct democracy. <BR/><BR/>Have referenda on issues on a one person - one vote basis. <BR/><BR/>End affirmative action policies - these have introduced a new kind of discrimination. You cannot fight discrimination with discrimination. <BR/><BR/>With these broad strokes, one can eliminate many of the problems facing the US today eg. having a referendum system will mean the end of all these wars and the foreign bases and the other meddling that goes on. It will end the corruption of the government in giving handouts to businesses that they favor like certain banks and so on.Singularnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-27050096622261073692009-04-07T08:54:00.000+01:002009-04-07T08:54:00.000+01:001. put mines on the border2. put wall st under mil...1. put mines on the border<BR/>2. put wall st under military rule<BR/>3. mass arrests of corrupt REIC and Wall St bankers<BR/>4. arrest Bush-Cheney neo con untermensch<BR/>5. cut overseas bases 50%<BR/>6. ban Nascar<BR/>7. bulldoze Detroit and start over<BR/>8. man mission to Mars<BR/>9. tax outsourcing<BR/>10. green movement, green energyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-37794578326238649872009-04-07T07:08:00.000+01:002009-04-07T07:08:00.000+01:001. Congress goes on social security & medicare...1. Congress goes on social security & medicare with no additional retirement benefits<BR/><BR/>2. no union/corporate personhood<BR/><BR/>3. no taxpayer funded benefits for illegals<BR/><BR/>4. legalize industrial hemp<BR/><BR/>5. legalize, strictly regulate & tax non-synthetic drugs; permit states to ban them; permit employers to discriminate against users<BR/><BR/>6. no National Flood Insurance Program<BR/><BR/>7. no bailouts<BR/><BR/>8. increase monetary transparency<BR/><BR/>9. open all political debates on public TV to at least 4 parties or independents<BR/><BR/>10. no GSEsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-61614475172981666102009-04-07T06:43:00.000+01:002009-04-07T06:43:00.000+01:00"...The longer we delay the crash, the worse it wi...<I>"...The longer we delay the crash, the worse it will get..."</I><BR/><BR/>C'mon brother; just a few more years.<BR/><BR/>We fucked up, rode it all the way down from $14k, and desperately need a do-over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-7150764871111038182009-04-07T06:26:00.000+01:002009-04-07T06:26:00.000+01:00Consumption is over 70% of the U.S. economy. Ten p...Consumption is over 70% of the U.S. economy. Ten point plans? How about a one point plan:<BR/><BR/>Stop going to work for one week. Stop shopping for one week. Stop paying your bills for one week.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the first week, martial law declared. All of America is ordered to go to work immediately by President Obama. The police are sent out door to door to force entire cities and neighborhoods to stop drinking their coffee and get to work.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the second week, the government is begging America to get back to work. Obama is even going to throw a stimulus wage increase for those who return (scabs).<BR/><BR/>At the end of the third week, the government collapses, and they stop stealing our hard earned tax dollars and giving them to the banksters. (not to fear, the government is going to collapse anyway after the banksters get done having their way with us, at least this way we can have a little pride).<BR/><BR/>The Ghandi Way. Passive Resistance. No riots, no demonstrations. We can even stay home and sing lalalalala.<BR/><BR/>Only problem is that America is so ass deep in debt that they can't afford the payments on the granite, travertine and hickory after missing just one week of work, and we all know how important it is to have those HGTV upgrades right?<BR/><BR/>So, whose fault is this whole mess anyway?ApleAneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955040755611777565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-68922902442698992372009-04-07T06:21:00.000+01:002009-04-07T06:21:00.000+01:00(Almost) free electric power to individual and sma...(Almost) free electric power to individual and small business. Nuclear power plants everywhere.<BR/>Railroad system. Subways. Fair-tax (sales-tax). Regulate fractionary banking or switch to gold-standard. Enforce laws against fraud.Limit to 5 years all congressman terms. Vote only on the internet. Enforce imigration laws (big penalties for companies or individuals hiring non-documented imigrants ). No bailouts. Recourse bankruptcy. 2-3 $ /gal gas and diesel tax. Let the free-marke rule. Legalize pot and prostitution. No campaign contributors with more than 100$. Reward people who are living healthy. Reward saving -living.30% - 50% downpayment for every big ticket purchase. green energy in crisis time is a fake target. congress control over federal reserve. Linux for everybody :)alex3191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-3576886298637777082009-04-07T06:03:00.000+01:002009-04-07T06:03:00.000+01:00An immediate 50% reduction in congressional pay an...An immediate 50% reduction in congressional pay and benefits to show some sympathy and compassion for the unemployed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-56268187048001797272009-04-07T06:00:00.000+01:002009-04-07T06:00:00.000+01:00Raise the income taxPrint a lot of moneyAppoint cr...Raise the income tax<BR/><BR/>Print a lot of money<BR/><BR/>Appoint cronies to my cabinet.<BR/><BR/>Bailout the crooks on Wall St.<BR/><BR/>Cover up or ignore the massive amount fraud that took place.<BR/><BR/>Raise the National Debt<BR/><BR/>Bankrupt Social Security by 2011.<BR/><BR/>Enrich my friends<BR/><BR/>Make sure I get my face on national TV every night<BR/><BR/>Pass the burden on to the next president<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oops. This is Obama's plan.lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-85866676487186471452009-04-07T05:58:00.000+01:002009-04-07T05:58:00.000+01:0013) Abolish the CIA and NSA13) Abolish the CIA and NSAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-83991632883041042972009-04-07T05:53:00.000+01:002009-04-07T05:53:00.000+01:0012) Fire all military 'brass' and donate their sal...12) Fire all military 'brass' and donate their salaries and pensions to charities that help the homeless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-54564460590566705862009-04-07T04:44:00.000+01:002009-04-07T04:44:00.000+01:00Cut the F**king taxesCut inheritance taxesEliminat...Cut the F**king taxes<BR/><BR/>Cut inheritance taxes<BR/><BR/>Eliminate the death taxes<BR/><BR/>Cut cap gain taxes<BR/><BR/>Jail Dodd, Frank, Cox, Mozillo...<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I second that" and add Arnold to the listupthecreeknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-86533846141626580342009-04-07T04:43:00.000+01:002009-04-07T04:43:00.000+01:00How about an independent audit of the DNC and the ...How about an independent audit of the DNC and the RNC.<BR/><BR/>The two most corrupt corporations in the world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com